Look Mom, No Patents: Cheap Test for Cervical Cancer Developed With Public Funding

Great story in the Washington Post (in the sense of very good news) about the successful trial in India of a cheap vinegar test for cervical cancer. According to the article this cheap and easy to administer test can substantially increase the early detection of this cancer. This test can save the lives of tens of thousands of women in India and elsewhere in the developing world who do not have access to more expensive tests.

An interesting and important sidebar is that it seems that this tes...